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Embroidery
Free-motlon Stitching
in tree-motion stitching, you sew vvitiv
out a presser foot and instead control
fabric
movement (and hetice stitch
length) yourself, by means of an em­
broidery ftoop. Either a straight or a zig­
zag stitch setting can be used. Because
you can move the troop in any direc­
t i o n f o r w a r d or backward, from side to
side, and even diagonally -frce-motion
stitching is extremely useful for intricate
embroidery designs.
If you are embroidering, you can vary
the length of stitches simply by moving
the hoop faster or slower. The faster you
move it, the more open the stitches will
be, Л slow hoop movement will produce
closely packed stitches. You can also
vary the width of the stitefres, from a
hairline
to the full width of whatever
stitch width setting you have chosen,
simply by moving the hoop. If you move
it
sideways and.stitch in a horizontal
line, you will get a hairline, if you move it
forward
or backward and stitch in a
vertical line, you will get full stitch width,
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you can produce a ribbon-like
effect in script lettering or create deli ­
cate flower designs. This takes practice,
but you can achieve some lovely effects
that look much like hand embroidery.
See following pages for specific direc­
tions.
To Prepare for Free-motion Stitching
1. Have available an embroidery hoop
large enough to encompass the entire
design or area to be darned.
2. fternove presser foot.
3. Attach snap-in feed cover. See page 6
for directions.
4. Turn stitch length selector to the area
between 0-1.
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